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ThSaf 21

Text Information

Siglum
ThSaf 21
Transliteration
l mʿl bn ḍ{n}
Translation
By Mʿl son of {Ḍn}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
ThNSSMAS: l mʿl bn g---- ThNSM.I 2: l mʿl bn ʿ----
Commentary
The penultimate letter are two concentric circles and should be read as a ḍ. At the end there is a dash which is probably incidental attached to a dot which has been read as a n.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
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Special Letter Forms
n's are dots; ḍ concentric circles
Technique
Chiselled

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Ḏīyīb [Al-Theeb], S.A. Nuqūš ṣafawīyah min šamālī ʾl-mamlakat al-ʿarabīyat al-saʿūdīyah. Al-Jawf: Muʾasasah ʿAbd al-raḥmān al-Sudairī al-ḫairīyah, 2003.
Site
Saudi Arabia
Current Location
King Saud University Museum
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0018424
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